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Why is this news? If you have an unpopular opinion, you're going to be ostracized. If you oppose Obamacare in SF, you're gonna be ostracized. If you support
by bb88 9y ago
Why is this news? If you have an unpopular opinion, you're going to be ostracized. If you oppose Obamacare in SF, you're gonna be ostracized. If you support gun control in Odessa, you're gonna be ostracized.
You're hired to work. Not to share your opinion with your co-workers. Why is this so hard for people to understand?
- didibus 9y agoI agree with you, but I also feel some opinions sometime reflect into your own personality, and you're identity can be constructed around it. Humour can easily be racist or sexist for example. Now all of a sudden, you're just being yourself, making a joke you think people will laugh at and like you cause you're funny, but suddenly that backfires. Now, it's not just your opinions, even if you changed your opinions, the parts ingrained in your personality aren't easy to change at all. So you can start feeling isolated, or like you can't be yourself without offending or pushing people away.
- bb88 9y agoThat very reason is why no one talks about trying to change personalities. Instead we talk about changing behaviors.